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Visionaries and Resources

People

Vandana Shiva

Elaine Ingham - Soil Science

Lynn Margulis - Symbiosis, Evolutionary Theory, Gaia Theory

Ernst Gotsch - Syntropic Agroforestry

Namasté - Syntropic Agroforestry

Scott Hall - Syntropic Agroforestry

Anastassia Makarieva - Biotic Pump

Leah Penniman - Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Social Justice

Katrina Blair - Wild Foraging, Human Health, Ecology

Bill Zeedyk - Water Retention Landscape Design

Brad Lancaster - Water Retention Landscape Design

Suzanne Simard - Forest Soil Fungi Communication Networks

Dr Akira Miyawaki - Miyawaki Reforestation

Shubhendu Sharma - Miyawaki Reforestation

Sophie Strand - https://sophiestrand.com

John Liu - Climate, Ecology, Sociology, History

Peter McCoy - Mycology Research and Education

Giuliana Furci - Mycology Policy and Education

Gabor Maté - Human Health

Natalie Topa - Ecological, Food, Water, and Economic Security

Ashleigh Brown - Regenerative Agriculture

Zach Weiss - Water Cycle Restoration

Gabriel Crawford - Ecological Anthropology

Ash Ritter - Ethnobotanist - Black Sage Botanicals

Rajendra Singh - Water Cycle Restoration

Sepp Holzer - Water Cycle Restoration

Geoff Lawton - Permaculture and Food Forestry

Jim Laurie - Climate/Ecology Science

Peter Bunyard - Climate Science

Ben Falk - Permaculture Strategy/Philosophy

David Montgomery - Soil Science/History



Life-Affirming Technologies

Syntropic Agriculture

Miyawaki Reforestation

Food Forestry

Regenerative Grazing

The Ancient Form of Milpa

Bill Zeedyk Earth Works



Documentaries

Green gold - John Liu

Inhabitants

Kiss the Ground

Life in Syntropy - https://youtu.be/gSPNRu4ZPvE

Jadhev Peyang - Forest Man

Taking Root - The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Eating Ourselves to Death

Reviving Rivers w Rajendra Singh - https://youtu.be/vDGlR4T8d6o

Follow The Drinking Guord https://kweli.tv



Websites

Ernst Gotsch Website

www.agendagotsch.com/en/


Scott Hall Website

www.syntropia.com.au/


Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

www.bio4climate.org


Bio4Climate Miyawaki Forests Page with Resources

www.bio4climate.org/miyawaki-forest-2/


Eco Universidade (Epic Brazilian Eco University)

www.ecouniversidade.com/


Afforestt

www.afforestt.com


Soul Fire Farm (Leah Penniman)

www.soulfirefarm.org


Mycology Resources

www.shroomery.org


Turtle Lake Refuge (Katrina Blair)

www.turtlelakerefuge.org/


Ecosystem Restoration Camps

www.theglobalbridge.org/ecosystem-restoration-camps/


John D. Liu

www.knaw.academia.edu/JohnDLiu


Syntropics English Resources

www.adam.nz/2019/syntropic-resources/


Urban Forests - Miyawaki Reforestation

www.urban-forests.com/miyawaki-method/


Ancient Form of Milpa

www.mayaforestgardeners.org/farming/milpa-cycle/


Forum Network - Life Saves the Planet Series

www.forum-network.org/series/life-saves-planet/


Acacia Seed Germination

www.environmentalsciencepro.com/f/acacia-seed-germination-technique


Whole Systems Design (Ben Falk)

https://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/ 



Podcasts

Life in the Soil Audio Podcast

https://rilliglab.org/podcast/


Mongabay

https://youtu.be/nGM7T_XvVcg


Abundant Edge Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-topa-on-emergency-regeneration-for-communities/id1199230234?i=1000557680383


Green Dreamer 

https://greendreamer.com


Reversing Climate Change Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767


Indian Regenerative Agroforestry Conversation

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fsuAvtFmtND29bzRNU870


Abundant Edge Podcast on Miyawaki Reforestation with Shubhendu Sharma

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-grow-mature-native-forest-in-just-few-years/id1199230234?i=1000465591298


Afforestation Now with Shubhendu Sharma

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shubhendu-sharma-hyperspeed-afforestation-now/id1566983927?i=1000532035712


Leah Penniman Commons Groundswell Podcast

https://www.agrariantrust.org/commons-groundswell/


Bioneers Rights of Nature

https://bioneers.org/legalizing-natures-rights-tribal-nations-leading-fastest-growing-environmental-movement-history/


Gabe Crawford - Plants and Place

https://open.spotify.com/show/38mpfZ67Fi5wmdB4T9syC2


Marc Leiber Syntropic Agroforestry

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GTVprqmDv3KUIqSIG2a7g



Videos

Ancient Form of Milpa

https://youtu.be/96rIEVptFwo


Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't - Intro To Identifying Flowering Plants

https://youtu.be/Z314Njbw5k0


Ernst Götsch - Water can be Planted

https://agendagotsch.com/en/water-can-be-planted-video/


Using Miyawake Method to Rapidly Rewild the World

https://youtu.be/qpfTRwt-MdA


Water Stories (youtube channel)

- Water Cycle Restoration

https://youtu.be/FI1NcVTpxjg


- Earth Surgery Water Cycle Work

https://youtu.be/1lQ9DQs-WV8


Anastassia Makarieva Biotic Pump 1: Global Cooling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDvVQOTuOw


Anastassia Makarieva Biotic Pump 2: Water Cycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQNsl2WT_Q


Namastê Messerschmidt Interview

https://youtu.be/iRsaAcGRRvA


Geoff Lawton 2,000 Year Old food Forest Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-b_C7a_es


Afforestt Miyawaki Reforestation Tutorials

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDw6OmGaV5rnOCATIho19IcvpF2eqsG_6


Temperate Zone Syntropic Agroforestry

https://youtu.be/KfuC_T-eXL0


Bamboo Guru

https://youtu.be/C5Ke83_QKtk


Staining Mycorrhizae for Microscope

https://youtu.be/m9FzmL0Zs3A


Ben Falk Permaculture Philosophy/Strategy

https://youtu.be/2pcRdXRJ9hE 



Life-Affirming Books

Microcosmos

- Lynn Margulis


Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

- Vandana Shiva


Mini-Forest Revolution (Miyawaki)

- Hannah Lewis


The Healing Power of Forests

- Dr Akira Miyawaki


Campesino A Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture

- Eric Holt-Gimenez


Illustrated Guide to Agroforestry

https://agroflorestaemquadrinhos.wordpress.com/


Maya Forest Garden: Eight Millennia of Sustainable Cultivation of the Tropical Woodlands

- Anabel Ford, Ronald Nigh


Let the Water do the Work

- Bill Zeedyk, Van Clothier


Sweet in Tooth and Claw

- Kristin Ohlson


Braiding Sweetgrass

- Robin Wall Kimmerer


Farming While Black

- Leah Penniman


The Wild Wisdom of Weeds

- Katrina Blair


Radical Mycology

- Peter McCoy


Entangled Life

- Merlin Sheldrake


The Rediscovery of North America

- Barry Lopez


Power and Place

- Vine Deloria Jr., Daniel Wildcat


Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

- Suzann Simard


Climate Chaos (Spanish only - English translation in PDF)

- Peter Bunyard


1) In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

2) When the Body Says No

3) The Myth of Normal

- Gabor Maté


Drawdown

- Paul Hawkin


The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture

- Michael Dirr



Reports and Papers

Syntropic Agriculture

https://modernfarmer.com/2023/05/syntropic-agriculture-boosts-soil-vitality-using-the-wisdom-of-the-forest/


Miyawaki Mini Forests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/fast-growing-mini-forests-spring-up-in-europe-to-aid-climate


Building Climate Stability

https://www.sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/articles/building-climate-stability


Forest Gardens of Indigenous Europe Article

https://www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com/blog/the-lost-forest-gardens-of-europe


Fast-Growing Mini Forests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/fast-growing-mini-forests-spring-up-in-europe-to-aid-climate


Biotic Pump Theory

https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/11/1013/2007/hess-11-1013-2007.pdf

Organizations

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

https://www.bio4climate.org


EcoRestoration Alliance

https://www.ecorestorationalliance.org/


School of Constructive Arts

https://constructivearts.org/


Schumacher Center for a New Economics

https://www.centerforneweconomics.org/

 

Honor the Earth

https://www.honorearth.org/


Sustainable Harvest International

https://www.sustainableharvest.org/million-farm-transformation


The Sweetgrass Foundation - Funding

http://thesweetgrassfoundation.org


REDES

https://www.facebook.com/REDESecovillage/


Afforestt

https://www.afforestt.com/


SUGI

https://www.sugiproject.com/


Transition U.S.

https://www.transitionus.org/


Mongol Tribe

http://www.mongoltribe.org/


Legado Chile

https://legadochile.cl/inicio/


Fundacion Fungi

https://www.ffungi.org/


Society for Ecological Restoration

https://www.ser.org/


Global Landscape Forum

https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/


Common Land Foundation - Ecorestoration Capital Development Model 

https://www.commonland.com/


NAFEX - North American Fruit Explorers

https://nafex.org/

Projects

OHTAY - One Hundred Trees A Year

EcoRestoration Camps

A Black Commons

Just Transition Movement

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